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Manderin Puerh from Vital Tea Leaf

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79/100

Manderin Puerh

Pu-erh Tea by Vital Tea Leaf

This mandarin orange fruit infusing aged black tea bury underground for six years. Very smooth fruity orange flavor. From YuNan China. Good for digestion, upset stomach, acid reflex, constipation, also good for people with heart problem.

5 Tasting Notes

Keemun
91
Keemun 2 tasting notes

…in the beginning it seems to take a strong grip on one’s tongue and fills the body with heat.The cigar notes that go hand in hand with those subtile mandarin flavors are overwhelming…by the time one has reached its 3rd brew the roughness seems to be tamed and the whole story gets a more silky, female side. But still:
The cigar note, very masculine, clearly dominates the surprisingly shy mandarin
scent…but in a good way.
If it’s a fresh harvest it will last for 4-5 brews.
If it happens to be older then one year…2 brews max.
Damn strong tobacco that is. I recomment to stay away from it after 4.00pm.
Makes one go mental while trying to find some sleep…which most probably will not arrive sooner on your doorstep then midnight….

…it has been quite a while since I drank it the last time. Even though summer may not be the right season for this warming and rather spicy brew I could not resist in opening one of those teas last week.

Except a shy hint of mandarin scent the tea hasn’t go much nose. The color of the first brew, I drank it from a highball glass, was good. As rich and dark one might describe it.
I kept the steeping temperature below 80 degrees Celsius which created a kind of velvety effect on the tea while I drank it. A very, very smooth but intense brew when it comes to flavor. It always amazes me how it heats up my body. Very awakening.
With the second brew I always tend to be a bit more bolt in regards of the water temperature. The color of the tea turns extremely dark. It almost seems as if the liqueur became more thick and rich, too.

I guess one might get a endless amount of brews out of one single portion from this leafs. It probably would get one through a whole day if desired.
I personally stick with two brews per tea a day. Usually a green tea between 10.00am-11.00am and then a dark tea (Oolong, Pu-erh or English blacks) in the afternoons. Three or four times a week a strong milk tea in the early morning.

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Eric
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Eric 3 tasting notes

Not bad. Really needs to steep for a while and can be steeped multiple times.

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Nickodemus

An easy Puerh to start with if you’re unfamiliar with Puerhs, especially if you typically like fruit-infused teas. The first steeping can be strong, but subsequent pots will get smoother and more subtle.

Jordan M. Williams

A great Pu-erh to introduce to people who are unfamiliar with the earthy taste of Pu-erh